Rumination

[,rʊmə'neʃən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding.

(noun.) (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); 'ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination'.

錄入:奥利维尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

(n.) The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.

(n.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Musing, meditation, reflection, cogitation, pondering.

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